Electrical line installers and repairers
In the ILO's assessment few of the job's tasks can be done by generative AI, or the scores are too spread out to reach gradient 1 — generative AI does not meaningfully take over the core of the work.
Exposure is not job loss: it shows how much of the work generative AI could do today. Whether that turns into transformation, productivity gains or cuts depends on employers, regulation — and on you.
0 = today’s generative AI cannot perform any of the job’s tasks, 100 = it could do all of them fully. The pale band is the spread across tasks.
Work out your own score ↓What can you do?
The AI analysis for this occupation is still being prepared — the background process covers a few occupations every day.
Task by task
The ILO scored every task of the occupation separately, as the average of two AI models (GPT-4o and Gemini). The pale band is the range between the two models' scores, the dot the ILO's final score (for a few tasks expert review placed it outside the band).
- Identifying defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.27
- Adhering to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas23
- Installing and repairing overhead and underground electrical power and electrical traction lines14
- Making joints in overhead and underground cables12
- Opening switches or attaching grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs11
- Climbing poles or using truck-mounted buckets to access equipment6
How much does it affect you?
Every job is different: mark which of these tasks you do and how much, and we'll compute your own, time-weighted score.
For each task: I don't do it · sometimes · most of my job.
- Identifying defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.(27)
- Adhering to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas(23)
- Installing and repairing overhead and underground electrical power and electrical traction lines(14)
- Making joints in overhead and underground cables(12)
- Opening switches or attaching grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs(11)
- Climbing poles or using truck-mounted buckets to access equipment(6)
You are exactly at the occupation average. (The occupation's score: 15.)
About 0% of your working time goes to highly exposed tasks (score ≥ 50).
- • Identifying defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.
- • Adhering to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas
- • Climbing poles or using truck-mounted buckets to access equipment
- • Opening switches or attaching grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs
An estimate from the ILO task scores. Everything is computed in your browser — nothing is sent or stored.
How many people work in this occupational group?
Share of the Electrical and electronic trades workers group in total employment, by country (Eurostat, ISCO 2-digit — 4-digit breakdowns are not public by country).
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| Country | Electrical and electronic trades workers |
|---|---|
| Romania | 2.2% · 168 thousand · 2025 |
| Estonia | 2.0% · 14 thousand · 2025 |
| Croatia | 2.0% · 34 thousand · 2025 |
| Hungary | 2.0% · 92 thousand · 2025 |
| Czechia | 1.9% · 101 thousand · 2025 |
| Slovakia | 1.9% · 50 thousand · 2025 |
| Germany | 1.8% · 760 thousand · 2025 |
| Greece | 1.8% · 77 thousand · 2025 |
| Austria | 1.7% · 78 thousand · 2025 |
| Norway | 1.7% · 49 thousand · 2025 |
| Spain | 1.7% · 373 thousand · 2025 |
| Slovenia | 1.7% · 17 thousand · 2025 |
| Sweden | 1.7% · 87 thousand · 2025 |
| Italy | 1.7% · 398 thousand · 2025 |
| Cyprus | 1.6% · 8 thousand · 2025 |
| Portugal | 1.6% · 82 thousand · 2025 |
| Finland | 1.6% · 40 thousand · 2025 |
| Iceland | 1.5% · 3 thousand · 2025 |
| Switzerland | 1.4% · 69 thousand · 2025 |
| Ireland | 1.4% · 40 thousand · 2025 |
| Poland | 1.4% · 238 thousand · 2025 |
| Belgium | 1.3% · 68 thousand · 2025 |
| Latvia | 1.2% · 11 thousand · 2025 |
| Malta | 1.2% · 4 thousand · 2025 |
| Denmark | 1.1% · 34 thousand · 2025 |
| France | 1.1% · 315 thousand · 2025 |
| Lithuania | 1.0% · 14 thousand · 2025 |
| Netherlands | 1.0% · 96 thousand · 2025 |
| United Kingdom | 1.0% · 329 thousand · 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 0.9% · 25 thousand · 2025 |
What do they earn?
Mean gross monthly earnings in the major occupational group (Craft and related trades workers). Eurostat's earnings survey only publishes pay by occupation at 1 digit, so this is the job's broader group. Enterprises with 10+ employees, 2022.
By country, at purchasing power parity (PPS/month), so countries with different price levels can be compared.
- Switzerland4,098
- Iceland3,826
- Denmark3,666
- Norway3,260
- Belgium2,979
- Germany2,859
- Luxembourg2,760
- Sweden2,733
- Netherlands2,717
- Austria2,715
- Finland2,711
- EU272,364
- Italy2,314
- Ireland2,200
- Spain2,124
- France2,122
- Malta2,032
- Slovenia2,012
- Lithuania2,008
- Greece1,799
- Estonia1,795
- Poland1,787
- Czechia1,781
- Cyprus1,751
- Romania1,734
- Hungary1,684
- Latvia1,680
- Slovakia1,672
- Croatia1,505
- Portugal1,285
- Bulgaria1,217
Source: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey (earn_ses22_21), every four years. The United Kingdom is not covered by the survey.
Outlook to 2035
Employment in the Electrical and electronic trades workers group according to Cedefop's 2026 forecast.
thousand · Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026 · 2026–2035: projection
Replacement demand is the jobs left by people retiring or changing careers — even a shrinking occupation can have many openings.
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Sources: ILO WP140 (2025) · Eurostat lfsa_egai2d · Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026 · WEF Future of Jobs 2025 · ESCO. The exposure score measures how much of an occupation's tasks generative AI could perform — not whether the job disappears. For information only, not career advice. How do we calculate this?